lie-detector

基本解释

Asked if he would submit to a lie-detector test, he said he would, but only if he had a “good reason”.
当被问到他是否会进行测谎实验时，他的回答是肯定的，但只在他有一个“充足的理由”时。
A person who believes themself innocent of a crime agrees to a lie-detector test in the hope that this will convince the interrogators of this.
一个认为自己无辜的人希望能通过测谎仪的测试从而来想审讯员证明他们的清白。
On the cringe-inducing hit show The Moment of Truth, guests are shamed into horribly embarrassing admissions on national TV after taking a so-called lie-detector test.
在一个引介逢迎的节目秀《真相大白》中，客人们通过了一个所谓测谎试验之后，难堪地进入令人极其窘迫的国家电视。

PGR's 18-month-old organised-crime unit failed lie-detector tests when asked if they had ever passed information to drug traffickers.
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A lie detector is an electronic machine used mainly by the police to find out whether a suspect is telling the truth.